Dear Member of Congress: Rising energy costs are taking their toll on millions of American households. Price increases for natural gas in particular have created an enormous burden on the over 60 million American homes that depend on natural gas ...
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Al Gore reportedly has billions of reasons to be glad the Waxman-Markey cap-and-trade bill was approved by the House in a squeaker Friday ...
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"The sun normally undergoes an 11-year cycle of activity—and last year, it was supposed to have heated up—and at its peak would have a tumultuous, boiling atmosphere, spitting out flares and huge chunks of superhot gas. Instead, it hit a ...
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We've decided to create a blog in order to share news about The National Center for Public Policy Research as well as anything of interest to our staff and the many interesting people we work with and talk to. For ...
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Like "State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations." There's a movement to take the word "plantations" out of Rhode Island's name because slavery once occurred in Rhode Island's agricultural areas. Yes, I'm serious. Four reasons why this is idiotic: 1) ...
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Thanks to W. James Antle for his story "Lights Out," in the American Spectator, which mentioned The National Center's poll of the African-American community on energy issues. The article appeared on Rush Limbaugh's "Stack of Stuff" Thursday ...
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76% of African-Americans want Congress to make economic recovery, not climate change, its top priority, says a poll just released by the National Center for Public Policy Research. The U.S. House of Representatives is planning a vote today on the ...
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Cesar Conda has covered our energy and climate poll of African-Americans in his blog on Politico. Thanks to Cesar for the coverage! ...
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David Ridenour has a new column published on TownHall.com examining the Democratic Congressional leadership's seemingly suicidal lack of concern for the wishes of its most loyal core constituency, African-Americans. It begins: Overly influenced by certain big-name green groups, misled by ...
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National Review Online has covered our poll on African-Americans and climate policy -- twice. On The Corner, Kathryn Jean Lopez contributed "Blacks vs. Cap and Trade," and at Planet Gore, Edward John Craig wrote "More Opposition to the Obama Energy ...
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